http://disqus.com/by/gideony/enFri, 17 Apr 2009 15:57:47 -0000http://makeesha.com/post/97218491#comment-8304813<p>Argh... Disqus just ate my comment!</p><p>Anyway....</p><p>I've said the same thing so often, we are talking about people, we are talking about lives and at the end of the day if you're point of view leads to or abets a form of oppression than we need to take a serious look at it.<br>I talked about this to some extent in this post:<br><a href="http://blog.gideonaddington.com/2008/12/ecumenism/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://blog.gideonaddington.com/2008/12/ecumenism/">http://blog.gideonaddington...</a></p><p>Part of the problem is, of course, that Christians (and quite often conservatives) who are oppressing people often try to turn that argument around (and have become quite good at it) and act like they are being oppressed! So we do have to respond, we do have to react but we must try to respond lovingly and kindly - but respond we must. Silence only helps the oppressor, never the oppressed... or as Desmond Tutu says:</p><p>“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”"</p>GideonFri, 17 Apr 2009 15:57:47 -0000